SERVILES Synonyms

• showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others

• inclined to comply

• showing deference

• willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed

• ready and willing to be taught

• easily handled or managed

• willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect

• marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful

• low or inferior in station or quality

• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

• cause to be unpretentious

• cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

• easily influenced

• capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

• humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

• very docile

• evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant

• dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority

• attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

• attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner

• lacking in energy or will

• expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb

• the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb

• peacefully resistant in response to injustice

• capable of being influenced or formed

• capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

• able to adjust readily to different conditions

• capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

• submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior

• relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants

• inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination

• abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant

• compliant and obedient to authority

• serving or acting as a means or aid

• abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant

• easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)

• responsive to suggestions and influences